June 5th launch of black twill hemp kilt

[Dreadbelly]

Not to mention at that point growing hemp was illegal in the US.

BAH HUMBUG.

[macwilkin]

Not to mention at that point growing hemp was illegal in the US.

Not in the 19th century. Hemp was a major product of a number of states, including my own, Missouri. In fact, we had a Civil War battle at Lexington, Missouri, called "The Battle of the Hemp Bales" where the pro-Southern Missouri State Guard used wet bales of Hemp as a moving fortress to assault a Federal fortress. It was successful, btw.

Cheers,

Todd

[Geoduck]

Todd is absolutely correct. Hemp was made illegal during the Hoover administration, with primary support from the lumber industry and DuPont, who were at that point working on production of synthetics that would compete with hemp products.

I highly recommend "Reefer Maddness" for commedic value to see what type of propaganda was being released at that time.

Anyhow, I'm looking forward to seeing the hemp kilts. Utilikilts has thought about working with hemp, but the cost of obtaining U.S. hemp (Utilikilts uses 100% U.S. textiles) is just too prohibitive to work with.